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Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Rivalry has begun
Aayush Mohanty Article

The last two years have seen the U.S-China rivalry ramping up, threatening to engulf the world in a new Cold War. The new Cold War would not be the same as before, based on ideology, but, who has better technology and is equipped to deal with global ....

October 28, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, US, China, Article, US, China, Aircraft, EU, Manufacturing, Boeing, Airbus, COMAC, commercial
Logistic Support Agreements- A Growing Footprint
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Open sources are abuzz with the news that in the annual bilateral summit between India and Russia slated in November 2020, the Agreement on Reciprocal Logistic Support or ARLS is likely to be signed1. In the above context, this article flags the i....

October 27, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, BECA, Logistic Support Agreement, LSA, ARLS, MSLA
चीन पाकिस्तान आर्थिक कोरिडोर का विखंडन- क्या यह व्यवहार्य है?
Aakriti Vinayak Article

कोविड-19 संकट ने पूरी दुनिया को चीन के साथ सहयोग और प्रतिस्पर्धा की नीतियों के पुनरावलोकन पर विव....

October 27, 2020 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Hindi, Article, चाइना। बेल्ट एंड रोड इनीशिएटिव, सीपीईसी, ग्वादर, आर्थिक संकट, चाइना पाकिस्तान इकोनामिक कॉरिडोर, चीन की हिंस्रता।
PLA: Reading Tea Leaves1
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Any study of PLA gets hit by the wall of opacity or broad based sources, lacking as it is of military transparency and accountability. Xinhua or People’s Daily or Global Times tend to enjoy official patronage and state the official line in terms of....

October 26, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Xi Jinping, CMC, CCP, LAC, Ladakh, corruption PLA, Gen Zhang Yang, peace disease, 1959 Line
The Quad: Is Security the Galvanizer?
Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The significance of the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in Tokyo on 6 October 2020 lies in the fact that it happened in person despite the pandemic – last year the Quad foreign ministers had met on the margins of the UNGA. The level of this annual m....

October 26, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, China, ASEAN, Quad Plus, Australia, LAC, Wang Yi, Blue Dot Initiative, Free and open Indo-Pacific, Malabar exercises, PM Suga, Resilient Supply Chains
Quad acquires Stronger Teeth as Australia joins Malabar Naval Exercises
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The decision of India to invite Australia to join the annual Malabar naval exercises after a gap of 13 years is a substantial strategic move whose significance in the region’s strategic landscape shall hereafter acquire greater heft. This also mean....

October 24, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Indo-Pacific, QUAD, Maritime Security, Malabar, COMCASA, LEMOA, BECA, MDA, PASSEX, JIMEX
The Frozen Conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh Flares up again
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Nagorno Karabakh is one of the frozen conflicts in Eurasia for over a quarter century. However, on September 27 the two contenders and neighbours Azerbaijan and Armenia fired up the conflict yet again resulting in hundreds of casualties and attacks o....

October 23, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, India, Pakistan, Russia, Iran, Putin, Turkey, Oil, Azerbaijan, Erdogan, Armenia, CSTO, OSCE Minsk group
How the Sabah Dispute Challenges ASEAN’s Regional Security Vision
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The issue of Sabah or North Borneo, as it was known till 19631, was brushed under a legal carpet of convenience ever since the Malaysian Federation was formed. Sabah lies on the island of Borneo, the world’s third largest island astride the maritim....

October 22, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, ASEAN, South China Sea, Philippines, Borneo, ICJ, Malaysia, PCA, Sabah, Sulu Islands, Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
Why the Revival of CPEC now?
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

In international rhetoric, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is often referred to as the crown jewel or the colossal blunder of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. These diametrically opposite assessments reflect the ambiguity and irrationa....

October 21, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Pakistan, Article, Afghanistan, CPEC, Imran Khan, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Xinjiang, Hydel Power Projects, Chinese Military Base, Wakhan Corridor, CCCC, External Debt
नेपाल में संघवाद कितना टिकाऊ
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Article

संघवाद सरकार के कामकाज की एक प्रणाली है, जिसमें शक्तियां केंद्र और राज्यों में विभाजित होती है�....

October 20, 2020 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Nepal, Hindi, Article, नेपाल। संघवाद। बजटीय आवंटन। सीपीएन माओवादी। जनजातियों। मधेशिया।
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